The Prix Aurora is presented annually at Canvention, the Canadian National Convention, to recognize the best Canadian science fiction of the year. This year’s Canvention will be held in conjunction with Anticipation, the Worldcon.

Best Long-Form Work in English/Meilleur livre en anglais

After the Fires, by Ursula Pflug

Identity Theft and Other Stories, by Robert J. Sawyer

Impossibilia, by Douglas Smith

Defining Diana, by Hayden Trenholm

Marseguro, by Edward Willett

Meilleur livre en français/Best Long-Form Work in French

Une fêlure au flanc du monde, by Éric Gauthier

Les vents de Tammerlan, by Michèle Laframboise

Best Short-Form Work in English/Meilleure nouvelle en anglais

“All In,” by Peter Atwood

“Back,” by Susan J. Forest

“Ringing in the Changes in Okotoks, Alberta,” by Randy McCharles

“A Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase by Van Gogh,” by Douglas Smith

“Doorways,” by Douglas Smith

Meilleure nouvelle en français/Best Short-Form Work in French

« Ballade sur Pallide », by Michèle Laframboise

« La révolte des gilets-malins », by Michèle Laframboise

« Le Dôme de Saint-Macaire », by Jean-Louis Trudel

« Jos Montferrand et le Grand Brigand des routes », by Alain Ducharme

Best Work in English (Other)/Meilleur ouvrage en anglais (Autre)

The Gaslight Grimoire, edited by Jeff Campbell & Charles Prepolec

Neo-opsis magazine, edited by Karl Johanson

Tesseracts Twelve, edited by Claude Lalumière

Through the Window: a Journey to the Borderlands of Faerie, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff

The nominees for the Compton Crook Award, presented for the new author for the best novel, have been announced. The winner will be announced at Balticon 43 the weekend of May 22-25. The Compton Crook Award is presented annually by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society.

Scientists have announced the discovery of the remains of a previously unknown species of pliosaur that lived during the Jurassic period. The pliosaur was discovered on the arctic island of Svalbard and is estimated to have been 15 meters long and weighing 45 tons. Its head was twice as large as a Tyrannosaurus’ head. A different team of scientists have announced the discovery of the smallest carnivorous dinosaur discovered in North America. They’ve found a chicken-sized creature that ran on two legs and lived during the late Cretaceous. The tiny dinosaur has been named Hesperonychus. Originally discovered in 1982, the bones were thought to have belonged to an immature dinosaur and only recently began to be studied.

The SciFi Channel has announced plans to change their name to SyFy. The rebranding is an attempt to more fully own the channel’s name, which can’t be done with the current “Sci Fi Channel” name since sci fi is in too widespread use to be trademarked. According to new Sci Fi President Dave Howe, Sci Fi was too limiting and didn’t include fantasy, paranormal, supernatural, action, or superheroes.

Harlan Ellison has filed a lawsuit against Paramount Studios and the Writers Guild of America over the merchandising, publishing, or any other exploitations of his script to the classic Star Trek episode “The City on the Edge of Forever.” The lawsuit notes Paramount’s licensing of the Crucible series and includes the WGA with the claim that they failed to act on numerous requests. Ellison’s suit is based on the collective bargaining agreement entered into between the WGA and Paramount.

A mint condition, unretouched issue of Action Comics #1, which introduced the world to Superman, sold at auction for $317,200 to John Dolmayan, the drummer for the band System of a Down. The previous owner had purchased the comic second hand in the 1950s for 35 cents. Dolmayan is also a rare comic dealer and says he purchased it for an unidentified client.